Savannah State’s men will be the No. 1 seed and will play the winner of Hampton-Morgan State on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in their first game in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem.SSU’s women begin play Monday at 6:30 p.m. against Maryland Eastern Shore.The winner of both the men’s and women’s tournaments will earn automatic berths in their respective NCAA tournaments.

It was a good week for Georgia in my rankings for the Associated Press top 25 poll. The Bulldogs didn't play, but moved up three spots after Ohio State and Michigan State lost and UCLA turned in another sub-par performance while holding off Memphis.

Detective Don McCutcheon remained on the stand after a lunch break, and the defense began its questioning.

Attorney Brian Daly pointed out that witness Lizzy Sprague's first description of the gun man to police was "I'm pretty sure he's black, and that's all I really know." McCutcheon said that was correct.

McCutcheon said there were no white suspects although one witness' original statement to police said one of the crimminals may have been white.

A gun used in the crime was never found either despite an extensive search. According to previous testimony, one of the guns was thrown into the Wilmington River.

Michael Edwards, the attorney for Kevin Huckabee -- one of the three men on trial for the murder of Jennifer Ross -- claimed there was no evidence linking Huckabee to the assault.

The media has been trying to explain the Hatch Attack ever since Coach Chris Hatcher arrived at Georgia Southern on Jan. 19.

Here’s how Hatcher described it recently when questioned.

“There’s nothing to write about. There’s nothing special about it. You have good coaches. At Valdosta State we had a great coaching staff. We had great players and they played hard. And that’s the reason we won as many games as we did. I’m being honest. You’re asking questions and there’s nothing to it.”

I’m not sure I’d say nothing. Valdosta State averaged 34.9 points a game last season. GSU averaged 21.4. The extra points could make a big difference this year.

Savannah's super bantamweight Al Seeger knew it would be tough to beat undefeated Mike Oliver in what was essentially his hometown Thursday night.

And the slick boxing Oliver captured a unanimous decision over Seeger 114-113, 115-112 and 116-111 to win the International Boxing Organization crown at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn..

Oliver, the second-ranked fighter in the world according to the IBF, raised his record to 21-0 with 7 KOs and remains in world title contention.

Seeger slipped to 27-3 with 21 KOs but most likely fought well enough for more big bouts in the future. Seeger has now lost his last two fights, but to two of the best in the world in Oliver and Daniel Ponce De Leon.

The Eagles have been fun to watch during the Jeff Price coaching era at Georgia Southern. Price has used offensive-minded players like Julius Jenkins, Sean Peterson, Elton Nesbitt and Terry Williams to create uptempo, fan friendly games.

And the Eagles have won.

In case you forgot, Southern averaged only nine wins a season for the five seasons prior to Price’s arrival in 1999. With Price on the sidelines, the Eagles have averaged 17 ½ wins a season since.

But this might be the season Southern surprises some people and does even better because this season the Eagles can play defense.

GSU didn’t play particularly well offensively in a half-court game against Florida last Saturday. Its 49 points were the fourth fewest points by a Price-coached GSU squad. Southern made only 5 of 13 free-throw attempts, missed its final eight shots and didn’t score during the final 3:46.

There’s no denying, Jayson Foster was tremendous at the option. Now the former Georgia Southern Eagles star has to weigh his options when it comes to professional football.

Moments after the NFL Draft, the Miami Dolphins contacted him and eventually signed him to a free agent contract, projecting him as a wide receiver. He stayed with the Dolphins until the final cut before the regular season.

Then some front office finagling. Foster cleared waivers which means every NFL team passed on signing him. That gave Miami another chance with Foster, this time to sign him to its eight-man practice squad.

A day later, the Dolphins had a chance to get another player who could help the team more and Foster was released.

Foster said Brian Gaine, the Dolphins’ assistant director of player personnel, said to stay in shape and maybe they’ll call back.